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The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Administrator role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Administrator
Rank 238 174 218
Rank change year-on-year
-64 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 370 608 521
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.757% 1.064% 0.838%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.821% 1.150% 0.906%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 325 282
Average daily rate £350 £325 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £199 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £405 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.80% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 34 23
Average hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +2.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.60 £13.30 £11.61
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £40.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £21.50 £24.38
% change year-on-year
+27.90% -11.81%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 45063 52855 57510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.16% 92.46% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25972 29220 31540
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2142 2525 2941
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.77 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Systems Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Systems Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK.

Systems Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Systems Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK.

Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Systems Administrator Hourly Rate Histogram

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Find
Job
Vacancies
England -57 356 £350 +7.69% 169
London -58 186 £358 +2.50% 85
South East -9 75 £320 -1.53% 34
City of London -63 46 £363 +3.57% 19
East of England +6 41 £353 +8.46% 14
Hampshire -6 22 £310 -3.12% 8
Cambridgeshire +5 21 £400 +23.07% 11
Berkshire +5 17 £325 - 8
Hertfordshire +28 16 £325 +195.45% 3
Yorkshire +7 16 £283 -13.74% 7
South West +26 13 £293 -2.50% 7
Cambridge +9 13 £400 +23.07% 8
Oxfordshire -2 13 £275 -21.42% 8
Reading +5 11 - - 4
Oxford -1 10 £275 -21.42% 4
North West -8 9 £298 -0.83% 7
Hemel Hempstead - 9 £375 - 2
North East +15 8 £350 - 6
West Yorkshire +6 8 - - 3
Southampton -5 8 £300 -6.25%
Buckinghamshire -14 8 £219 -39.58% 2
Surrey +7 7 £394 +34.61% 5
Milton Keynes -12 7 £219 -39.58% 2
Scotland -29 7 £400 +67.53% 1
Devon - 7 £305 - 3
Tyne and Wear +16 6 £350 - 5
Newcastle upon Tyne +15 5 £350 - 4
Manchester +9 5 £280 -10.40% 2
South Yorkshire -1 5 £283 -11.37% 3
Edinburgh -3 5 - - 1

Systems Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Systems Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Administrator in their job title.

1 396 (53.66%) Linux
2 287 (38.89%) Windows
3 237 (32.11%) UNIX
4 235 (31.84%) Red Hat
5 231 (31.30%) VMware
6 157 (21.27%) Active Directory
7 152 (20.60%) SAN
8 150 (20.33%) Finance
8 150 (20.33%) Solaris
9 138 (18.70%) Microsoft
10 137 (18.56%) Windows Server 2008
11 127 (17.21%) Oracle
12 125 (16.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 119 (16.12%) VMware Infrastructure
14 117 (15.85%) ITIL
15 105 (14.23%) Perl
16 104 (14.09%) DNS
17 103 (13.96%) Apache
18 101 (13.69%) Windows Server 2003
19 100 (13.55%) Shell Script
20 93 (12.60%) SQL
20 93 (12.60%) SQL Server
20 93 (12.60%) Cisco
21 91 (12.33%) Citrix
22 89 (12.06%) Veritas
23 83 (11.25%) MS Exchange
24 81 (10.98%) HP
25 77 (10.43%) EMC
25 77 (10.43%) TCP/IP
26 74 (10.03%) DHCP

Systems Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Systems Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (2.710%) Web Services
2 18 (2.439%) LAMP
3 17 (2.304%) Middleware
4 14 (1.897%) J2EE
5 13 (1.762%) HTML
6 11 (1.491%) WebSphere
7 9 (1.220%) .NET
8 7 (0.949%) JDBC
8 7 (0.949%) Node.js
9 6 (0.813%) Application Packaging
10 5 (0.678%) Gearman
11 4 (0.542%) Memcached
11 4 (0.542%) CSS
12 3 (0.407%) JMX
12 3 (0.407%) ASP.NET
12 3 (0.407%) J2SE
13 2 (0.271%) XML
13 2 (0.271%) COM
13 2 (0.271%) Java EE
14 1 (0.136%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 103 (13.96%) Apache
2 83 (11.25%) MS Exchange
3 57 (7.724%) IIS
4 50 (6.775%) Tomcat
5 46 (6.233%) Exchange Server 2010
6 39 (5.285%) SharePoint
7 29 (3.930%) Exchange Server 2007
8 22 (2.981%) Amazon AWS
9 20 (2.710%) Exchange Server 2003
10 14 (1.897%) Lync
11 11 (1.491%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 8 (1.084%) OpenStack
13 7 (0.949%) SharePoint 2010
14 6 (0.813%) Amazon EC2
15 5 (0.678%) SAS
15 5 (0.678%) Liferay
16 4 (0.542%) SharePoint Server
17 3 (0.407%) WebLogic
17 3 (0.407%) WebSphere Application Server
17 3 (0.407%) nginx
Applications
1 39 (5.285%) MS Excel
2 33 (4.472%) MS Office
3 18 (2.439%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.542%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.136%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.136%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 15 (2.033%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (1.084%) HFM
2 8 (1.084%) Hyperion Planning
3 7 (0.949%) Agresso
4 6 (0.813%) Maximo
4 6 (0.813%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.407%) Taleo
5 3 (0.407%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.407%) Global One
5 3 (0.407%) CODA-Financials
5 3 (0.407%) Oracle 11i
6 2 (0.271%) Oracle iProcurement
6 2 (0.271%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.271%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (0.271%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.271%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.271%) Summit
6 2 (0.271%) Front Arena
6 2 (0.271%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.271%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 152 (20.60%) SAN
2 104 (14.09%) DNS
3 77 (10.43%) TCP/IP
4 74 (10.03%) DHCP
5 61 (8.266%) Firewall
6 49 (6.640%) NAS
7 40 (5.420%) LDAP
8 39 (5.285%) LAN
9 38 (5.149%) Internet
10 32 (4.336%) WAN
11 18 (2.439%) Intranet
11 18 (2.439%) SSL
12 15 (2.033%) HTTP
12 15 (2.033%) VPN
13 11 (1.491%) SNMP
14 10 (1.355%) Network Security
15 9 (1.220%) Cisco ASA
16 8 (1.084%) SMTP
17 7 (0.949%) VLAN
17 7 (0.949%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (12.60%) SQL Server
2 54 (7.317%) MySQL
3 31 (4.201%) SQL Server 2008
4 16 (2.168%) SQL Server 2005
5 15 (2.033%) Oracle Exadata
5 15 (2.033%) SQL Server 2012
6 11 (1.491%) Oracle 8/8i
7 9 (1.220%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.220%) SQL Server 2000
8 8 (1.084%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.949%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.949%) Informix
10 6 (0.813%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.813%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.678%) BusinessObjects XI
11 5 (0.678%) DB2
11 5 (0.678%) MS Access
12 3 (0.407%) Oracle Reports
13 2 (0.271%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.271%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 19 (2.575%) Subversion
2 12 (1.626%) Git (software)
3 11 (1.491%) Hudson
4 9 (1.220%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.084%) ClearCase
6 6 (0.813%) ClearQuest
7 5 (0.678%) JIRA
8 4 (0.542%) Ant
8 4 (0.542%) CruiseControl
9 3 (0.407%) Maven
10 2 (0.271%) Redmine
10 2 (0.271%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.271%) MSI
10 2 (0.271%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.136%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.136%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.136%) Introscope
11 1 (0.136%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.136%) Capistrano
11 1 (0.136%) PHPUnit
General
1 150 (20.33%) Finance
2 74 (10.03%) Banking
3 36 (4.878%) Investment Banking
4 32 (4.336%) Retail
5 14 (1.897%) Back Office
6 12 (1.626%) Publishing
7 11 (1.491%) Telecoms
7 11 (1.491%) Manufacturing
8 6 (0.813%) Financial Institution
9 5 (0.678%) Games
10 4 (0.542%) Law
11 3 (0.407%) Marketing
11 3 (0.407%) Military
11 3 (0.407%) Legal
11 3 (0.407%) Advertising
11 3 (0.407%) Front Office
12 2 (0.271%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.271%) Automotive
12 2 (0.271%) French Language
12 2 (0.271%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 57 (7.724%) Clustering
2 30 (4.065%) Blackberry
3 27 (3.659%) Open Source
4 21 (2.846%) Symmetrix DMX
5 16 (2.168%) Wiki
5 16 (2.168%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.168%) Hedge funds
6 15 (2.033%) PKI
6 15 (2.033%) Replication
7 14 (1.897%) Client/Server
8 7 (0.949%) Equities
8 7 (0.949%) HACMP
9 6 (0.813%) IaaS
9 6 (0.813%) Firmware
9 6 (0.813%) Reference Data
10 5 (0.678%) Computer Science
10 5 (0.678%) Mainframe
10 5 (0.678%) NHS
10 5 (0.678%) SaaS
11 3 (0.407%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 396 (53.66%) Linux
2 287 (38.89%) Windows
3 237 (32.11%) UNIX
4 150 (20.33%) Solaris
5 137 (18.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 125 (16.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 101 (13.69%) Windows Server 2003
8 64 (8.672%) SUSE
9 56 (7.588%) Windows 7
10 52 (7.046%) AIX
11 48 (6.504%) CentOS
12 33 (4.472%) Windows XP
13 25 (3.388%) HPUX
14 22 (2.981%) Debian
15 20 (2.710%) Ubuntu
16 5 (0.678%) VMS
17 4 (0.542%) Windows 2000
17 4 (0.542%) Windows 2000 Server
18 3 (0.407%) Gentoo
18 3 (0.407%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (15.85%) ITIL
2 50 (6.775%) Migration
3 42 (5.691%) Disaster Recovery
4 39 (5.285%) Service Management
5 38 (5.149%) Change Management
6 30 (4.065%) Configuration Management
7 29 (3.930%) Problem Management
8 20 (2.710%) E-Commerce
9 19 (2.575%) RDF
9 19 (2.575%) Project Management
10 17 (2.304%) PRINCE2
11 15 (2.033%) System Testing
12 14 (1.897%) ERP
12 14 (1.897%) Capacity Management
13 13 (1.762%) Infrastructure Management
14 12 (1.626%) Asset Management
14 12 (1.626%) Validation
15 11 (1.491%) Root Cause Analysis
16 10 (1.355%) Business Analysis
16 10 (1.355%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (14.23%) Perl
2 100 (13.55%) Shell Script
3 93 (12.60%) SQL
4 50 (6.775%) Java
5 49 (6.640%) PowerShell
6 33 (4.472%) PHP
7 32 (4.336%) Bash shell
8 31 (4.201%) Korn
9 18 (2.439%) VBScript
9 18 (2.439%) Python
10 13 (1.762%) VB
11 12 (1.626%) Ruby
12 8 (1.084%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.084%) C++
13 7 (0.949%) C#
13 7 (0.949%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.813%) sed
14 6 (0.813%) C
14 6 (0.813%) AWK
15 1 (0.136%) DCL
Qualifications
1 46 (6.233%) Microsoft Certification
2 40 (5.420%) Degree
3 36 (4.878%) MCSE
4 35 (4.743%) Security Cleared
5 31 (4.201%) RHCE
6 27 (3.659%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (3.523%) SC Cleared
8 23 (3.117%) CCNA
9 9 (1.220%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.084%) SCSA
10 8 (1.084%) RHCT
11 7 (0.949%) Oracle Certification
11 7 (0.949%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.813%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (0.813%) MCITP
13 5 (0.678%) MCSA
14 4 (0.542%) CCNP
14 4 (0.542%) OCP
15 3 (0.407%) OCA
16 2 (0.271%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.065%) SLA
2 5 (0.678%) QA
3 3 (0.407%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.271%) COBIT
4 2 (0.271%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.136%) HL7
5 1 (0.136%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.136%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 157 (21.27%) Active Directory
2 119 (16.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (7.182%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 50 (6.775%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 50 (6.775%) vSphere
5 40 (5.420%) VMware ESX
6 25 (3.388%) NFS
7 22 (2.981%) Hyper-V
8 16 (2.168%) XenServer
8 16 (2.168%) Varnish
9 15 (2.033%) XenApp
10 10 (1.355%) Oracle RMAN
11 9 (1.220%) ISA Server
12 8 (1.084%) Postfix
12 8 (1.084%) VMware ESXi
13 7 (0.949%) Squid
14 6 (0.813%) Samba
14 6 (0.813%) Microsoft App-V
15 5 (0.678%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
16 4 (0.542%) UAG
Systems Management
1 62 (8.401%) Puppet
2 58 (7.859%) SCOM
3 41 (5.556%) SCCM
4 37 (5.014%) Nagios
5 24 (3.252%) WSUS
6 22 (2.981%) NetBackup
7 19 (2.575%) Tivoli
8 16 (2.168%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 12 (1.626%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 11 (1.491%) HP SIM
10 11 (1.491%) Backup Exec
11 10 (1.355%) EMC NetWorker
12 9 (1.220%) Control-M
13 8 (1.084%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 8 (1.084%) Norton AntiVirus
13 8 (1.084%) HP Data Protector
14 6 (0.813%) Splunk
14 6 (0.813%) CFEngine
14 6 (0.813%) Red Hat Satellite
15 5 (0.678%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 235 (31.84%) Red Hat
2 231 (31.30%) VMware
3 138 (18.70%) Microsoft
4 127 (17.21%) Oracle
5 93 (12.60%) Cisco
6 91 (12.33%) Citrix
7 89 (12.06%) Veritas
8 81 (10.98%) HP
9 77 (10.43%) EMC
10 49 (6.640%) Sun
11 47 (6.369%) IBM
12 45 (6.098%) NetApp
13 30 (4.065%) Symantec
14 28 (3.794%) JBoss
15 20 (2.710%) Sybase
16 19 (2.575%) SAP
17 13 (1.762%) Dell
18 10 (1.355%) Hyperion
19 8 (1.084%) Veeam
19 8 (1.084%) 3PAR
Unix/Linux System Administrator - 3+ months
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Unix/Linux System Administrator required for a 3+ month contract. You will f. acilitate the design, implementation and optimisation of IS technology following the high level strategy defined...
Computer Futures
Posted: 10 June 2013
System Administrator
Ilford, South East
A great opportunity has arisen working for my Ilford based client, they are currently looking for an IT support engineer for an initial 3 month contract. This contract...
Computer Futures
Posted: 14 June 2013
Web Systems Administrator
City of London
Web Systems Administrator - Linux/Unix - London - 3 month contractKey skills: Linux/Unix Administration, Solaris 10 Administration, Puppet, scripting, performance tuningMy client, based in London, urgently require a Web...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Rate: £300 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Senior Linux Systems Administrator
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
Linux, Linux Systems Administrator, Senior Linux System AdministratorA Senior Linux Systems Administrator is required to join the exsisting team of a mobile network solutions business-Key skills:CentOS/...
OPUS
Rate: GBP350 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Linux Systems Administrator
Yorkshire and the Humber
Job Title: Linux Systems AdministratorContract: 3 - 4 MonthsRate: £300 - £350 per dayLocation: YorkshireStart: 8th - 22nd July 2013 Key Skills: Linux Systems Administrator, Implementation, Active Directory, LAMP installation, Moodle...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
IT Systems Administrator - NHS - 6 Months
London
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £300 per week
Posted: 6 June 2013
Linux System Administrator - Contract - Newcastle
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Linux System Administrator
County Durham, North East
Computer Futures
Posted: 28 May 2013
Web Systems Administrator - London
London
Circle Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £370 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Linux Systems Administrator - East London
London
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
AIX System Administrator - Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Systems Administrator
Central London / West End
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Market
Posted: 18 June 2013
Linux Systems Administrator
Barnsley, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Systems Administrator - Linux
Hemel Hempstead, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 3 June 2013
Unix System Administrator
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Posted: 28 May 2013
Windows Systems Administrator
City of London
Computer Futures
Posted: 18 June 2013
Systems Administrator - 3 Month Contract
South West
CPS Group UK
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Systems Administrator
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 30 May 2013
Systems Administrator
Guildford, Surrey
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £280 - £295 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Senior Systems Administrator (GIS)
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Surrey County Council
Rate: £33,019 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
Bloomberg TOMS Systems Administrator / Specialist
City, London
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Senior Database/Systems Administrator
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Rate: £29750 - £37525 per annum + plus excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
System Analyst / Administrator (Oracle)
City of London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £401 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
System Analyst / Administrator - Oracle, RDMS, ETL
London
Orgtel
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
Are you a Web Developer, Db Developer, Networker, System admin?
London
Bite Consulting
Rate: From £25 to £50 per hour DOE and skills range & location
Posted: 29 May 2013
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